Various roles available - permanent and 12 month fixed term contracts.

We are looking for adaptable and committed individuals who can bring their expertise of vocational and technical qualifications to help shape our Strategic Relationships, Design and Development and Policy teams.

Qualifications are a key measure of a world class education system. At Ofqual, we are responsible for ensuring that qualifications and assessments are trusted and that standards are maintained. Our role is vital in underpinning an effective, high quality system. We regulate qualifications in the context of Government policy and are operating in a period of ambitious and wide-ranging reform to qualifications.

The VTQ Directorate provides assurance about the standards and quality of a wide range of qualifications, delivered by 150+ Awarding Organisations. These range from the four exam boards to niche subject specialists. Our programme of work covers apprenticeships, Functional Skills, Applied Generals and a whole host of other vocational and technical qualifications.

The Strategic Relationships roles call for gifted communicators, able to build and manage trusted relationships that enable us to engage and influence key stakeholders and promote understanding of and confidence in Ofqual’s work. Experience of working with VTQs (e.g. in an Awarding Organisation, educational establishment or representative body) would be extremely helpful.

The Design and Development roles require assessment expertise – an understanding in principle and practice – coupled with strong analytical skills; to help us ensure fitness for purpose in the wide range of qualifications we regulate.

In our Policy team, we need people with excellent oral and written communication skills and a track record of developing and implementing policy. Experience of drafting consultation documents and analysing responses would be helpful.

If you are interested in any of these roles, we would love to hear from you. Please specify when applying which team you have a preference for, and whether you wish to be considered for both permanent and fixed term contract roles.